Brighouse Town 0 Glossop North End 0: Holding leaders shows we have arrived – Quinn

Action from Brighouse Town against Glossop North End.

Published:12:09Thursday 22 October 2015

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IT was stalemate at the end of the day but the 285 present saw Town produce a super display to more than hold the league leaders and go within a whisker of winning, writes Emily Anderson.

Coming away with a point against a side whose top scorer and reputedly one of the top earners in the division, Jamie Rainford, had already scored 15 goals was something manager Paul Quinn was pleased about.

“It showed that we are here to compete at this level. Overall, It was a very, very solid performance. To deal with someone who has scored 15 goals this season and to stop him getting a sniff just shows what a performance we put in,” he said of his promoted side.

Town went in to the game without three players of experience, James Hurtley nursing an ankle injury and Sam Hewitt and Steve Hollingworth both missing due to work commitments.

Town captain Leon Henry soon had a shot blocked and it was then end-to-end action.

With a minute to go, Town brought on defender Ben Thornton to replace midfield man Allison and it looked as though both sides were settling for a valuable point.

Boafo, however, fired a last-ditch attempt as the game headed into stoppage-time but there was not enough power behind the shot and it rolled against the post.

There was much talk about former FC Halifax Town and Chester FC striker Rainford before the game but he produced just three worthwhile strikes, two covered by Hagreen at his far post and a third blocked by Wilson, who had a tremendous game.